Comments on: UPEK TouchStrip Sensor-only (147e:2016) on Linux

By: dedieko

dedieko — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:41:03 +0000

I’m using Clevo TN120R equipped with Bus 004 Device 002: ID 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor
Using Ubuntu Karmic
I’ve managed to compile & install libusb, fprint, fprint demo, but still “No Device Detected”
Then I found this on PPA Launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~c4pp4/+archive/lenovo-r61i
There is libfprint package for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad R61i.
Now, I manage to install it, at least at fprint demo or fingerprintgui stage (enroll,verify) but no success yet on Identify and pam_fprint.
Hope it helps

By: monomakh

monomakh — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:37 +0000

I can scan my finger after install libfprint0-0.1.0.pre2-15.1.x86_64.rpm on OpenSuse 11.2

By: docet

docet — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:17:31 +0000

Thanks, i’m not used tu synaptic and -dev pkgs coming from Zenwalk. Anyway compiling and installing passed, but still no device detected… 147e:1000!

By: dbringer

dbringer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:19:41 +0000

docet, you’ll need the package libssl-dev for libcrypto, and I think libmagickcore-dev for the ImageMagick stuff.

By: docet

docet — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:25:54 +0000

I have MSI pr201 too @ Xubuntu 9.04 and same issue. I tried to compile 1.0 pre2 but when i try to ./configure no libcrypto is found and no package is available on synaptics. Any tip? I installed libcypto++ with no change. Also libmagick9 is not available in synaptics.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:35:12 +0000

Cool! I got fprint_demo working on my Malibal Satori laptop (ID 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor), seems to work pretty well. Took me a while to figure out that all the config steps were in autogen.sh (stupidity on my part), I had to configure –prefix=/usr –libdir=/usr/lib64 to make it play nice with 64-bit Mandriva.

By: pilu

pilu — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:05:25 +0000

Hi there!

could sombebody help me?I run a Ubuntu 9.04 on a MSI PR201 everything works fine but i have 147e:1000 TouchStrip fingerprint reader and i cant use it. under Vista is ok but i hate M$. Please help. I googled a couple days but i cant find usable information about this device.

By: yybrazo

yybrazo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:14:43 +0000

For Ubuntu 9.04 64b not run, I’ve got 147e:2016 on my Acer 8630G, can u help me pls.

By: thx

thx — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:48:00 +0000

to solve “no devices detected” problem you have to compile >= libfprint-0.1.0

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=208521&package_id=299538

depencies
libusb-1.0-0-dev
libmagick9-dev

By: Imre Ispanovits

Imre Ispanovits — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:29:09 +0000

I’ve got 147e:2016 on my Thinkpad R61. Thanks to this project my fingerprint reader works now.
It is still experimental, so it is not too reliable, but something started. Thank for the authors.
It would be good to have more then only one possibilities to read the fingerprint. Now if it is unsuccesfull (which is very often), gives up immediately.